General Question about Sugar

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MistbornVin
MistbornVin Posts: 29 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
If I put one standard spoonful of sugar in like tea or coffee, is that the same as 1 tsp?

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
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    What is a "standard spoonful"? What size spoon? And how full is it?
  • MistbornVin
    MistbornVin Posts: 29 Member
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    Standard spoonful as in what you put at your placemat for dinner.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
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    No. Spoons can vary in size. Best wait to measure sugar is weight it.
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,012 Member
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    That's closer to 1 Tbsp
  • MistbornVin
    MistbornVin Posts: 29 Member
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    That's what I thought. Just making sure. Thanks!
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    Couldn't you measure it? pour one spoon into the other.
  • star1407
    star1407 Posts: 588 Member
    edited January 2016
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  • Whitezombiegirl
    Whitezombiegirl Posts: 1,042 Member
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    Teaspoon, soup spoon, desert spoon, tablespoon (serving spoon). All different. Id use a measuring spoon or weigh to be more accurate.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
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    Technically correct answer: Always use a 1 tsp measuring spoon and/or weigh the sugar to the gram on a scale.

    More practical answer: It's probably somewhere between a tsp (~15 calories) and a tbsp (~45 calories)...So call it 30 calories, and if you're +/- 5-10 calories, realize it's not likely to have a significant long-term impact and the variances will probably even out over the long term (some days you'll be a little short, some you'll be a little long). Provided, of course, you're not drinking 10 cups of coffee per day.

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